# $table: The mySQL table to use.
# $column: The column in $table to display
# $name: The HTML name of the drop down
# $selected: The value that the drop down defaults to.
# $show_any: If you have a row in the table where the $column equals
                    00_Any it will be displayed.
#                  This is useful for having an Any or All value.
# $distinct: Only show DISTINCT() $column
function dropdown_db($table, $column, $name, $selected,
                              $show_any = 1, $distinct = 0) {

  $dropdown = "<select id=\"$name\" name=\"$name\">\n";

  $any_sql = '';
  if(!$show_any) {
    $any_sql = " WHERE $column <> '00_Any' ";
  }

  $select = $column;
  if($distinct) {
    $select = "DISTINCT($column)";
  }

  $from_db = "SELECT $select FROM $table $any_sql ORDER by $column";
  $from_db2 = mysql_query($from_db) ;
  while($from_db3=mysql_fetch_array($from_db2, MYSQL_ASSOC)) {

    $value = $from_db3["$column"];

    $pretty_db = $value;
    $pretty_db = str_replace('00_', '', $pretty_db);
    $pretty_db = str_replace('_', ' ', $pretty_db);

    $SELECTED = '';
    if($value == $selected) {
        $SELECTED = ' SELECTED';
    }

    $dropdown .= "<option value=\"$value\"$SELECTED>$pretty_db</option>\n";
  }

  $dropdown .= "</select>\n";

  return($dropdown);
}

The game's logic appears to be almost entirely in the client and the server will accept any old data. For fun and profit I used Cheat Engine to speed time up in the game so my dishes cooked 20x faster than normal.

Here is how I did it.

1. Load up Cafe World
2. Start Cheat Engine
3. Click Search
4. Find Firefox and click it.
5. Click open.
6. Check Enable Speed Hack
7. Set the Speed to 20. Any lower is too slow, any higher and it won't work.
8. Click Apply.
9. Make the longest taking highest level dishes you can.
10. Repeat 9 until you get tired.
11. Make your fiance cry because you just surpassed her months of work in a week.

A note about the speed setting. It may seem like a good idea to crank that sucker up to 500, but you quickly lose connection with the server and the game reloads. Once the game reloads the time left on your dishes resets to what they should be.

Another note... this method should work on any of the time based games on FB. Good times.

I hate VPNs.  Call me odd, but I think the protocols should have the encryption built in.  If you need it use it, if not, don't.

net-to-net.conf:

conn net-to-net
        type=           tunnel
        authby=         secret
        left=           MY PUBLIC IP
        leftnexthop=    MY DEFAULT GATEWAY
        leftsubnet=     MY PUBLIC IP/32
        right=          REMOTE PUBLIC IP
        rightsubnet=    REMOTE PRIVATE IP/32
        keyexchange=    ike
        pfs=            no
        auto=           start
        ike=3des-md5-modp1024,3des-md5-modp1536
        esp=3des-md5

net-to-net.secrets:

MY PUBLIC IP REMOTE PUBLIC IP: PSK "password"

The camera is on a timer, taking photos every minute. Most turn out terrible, some turn out to be interesting. My cat digs birds and garden hoses.

My House

A newly planted rose of sharon

A Swallow

Approaching my garden pond

whiskers and scenery

Nice bike broham

Tiburon and Solstice tires

Scenery!

The camera being low to the ground and unable to compensate for movement produces some surreal shots on occasion.

A newly planted Weeping Willow

Some dude

She hung out around the hose for a good while.

This shot turned out squished.

A bird feeder

Under the bird feeder

In the house...

stealin' your Wii

and your fishies

Watchin' the Hammer

 

I'm adding a 12'x20' garage for my bikes and lawnmower as I have the highbrow problem of not being able to fit everything I own into the existing two car garage. Two cars, two bikes and a lawnmower. The mower is under a tarp in the backyard, and I am only able to get two vehicles in and out without moving the third or the forth.

I'm putting the addition it in the middle of the house as I don't have room on the side and my heat pump is also in the way. I plan on having a nice path that connects to my driveway so I can just ride around. It's going to be awesome.

This coupled with all of the trees I planted this year furthers my goal of being able to walk around in my underwear without the neighbors calling the rozzers.